Changeblock is redefining the approach to environmental asset creation and exchange. We empower businesses to unlock the potential of carbon credits, combining sustainability with financial innovation. Our commitment is to provide transparent, secure, and impactful solutions, accelerating your journey from carbon project conception to revenue generation.
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Our Products
Changeblock Originate (CBO)
CARBON CREDIT CREATION JOURNEY
Our Carbon Credit Creation Journey is designed to guide you seamlessly through every stage of generating carbon credits. From feasibility to issuance, this process offers a clear pathway to maximize your environmental and financial impact.
STAGE 1: Feasibility Assessment
Evaluate your project's potential for carbon credit generation with a focus on eligibility, credit volume estimates, and revenue forecasts. This entry-point assessment ensures you have the clarity to move forward confidently.
STAGE 2: Business Case Development
Dive deeper into financial projections, optimal methodologies, and strategic alignment with market trends. This stage builds a strong foundation for scaling your carbon credit initiatives.
STAGE 3: Credit Issuance and Trading
From project design documentation (PDD) to Monitoring, Reporting, and Verification (MRV) setup and registry onboarding, this stage ensures your credits are ready for market, including trading on the Changeblock Exchange.
Why Choose Changeblock?
Our approach combines cutting-edge technology, compliance with international standards, and a deep understanding of the carbon markets to help you create impactful, verifiable, and tradeable carbon credits.
Changeblock Exchange (CBX)
Our world-class marketplace ensures swift and seamless transactions. Users can pre-sell assets, subject to independent audit, to secure funds while unlocking balance sheet value. We offer a best-in-class issuance process through our extensive network of Registries, Auditors, Brokers, and Third Parties. CBX reduces time to market for sellers and buyers, with quick and efficient cash settlement and asset delivery.
Our Team
Billy Richards
Founder & CEO
Billy, an Oxford graduate in computational and molecular biochemistry, is a successful tech executive specializing in blockchain and digital products. As a three-time founder, with a successful exit under his belt, his technical, commercial and scientific vision leads Changeblock. Billy's expertise spans AI, legal technology, genetic diagnostics, and business consulting, he was 2020 winner of Oxford University's All Innovate Competition. He is a strong advocate for climate finance and sustainable innovation.
Jason Saunders
Chief Technology Officer
Jason is an experienced entrepreneur and data science leader specialising in SaaS innovation. He holds an MBA and a Master's in Engineering from Arizona State University. As a previous founder and startup CEO Jason has a background in scaling operations, product management, and business development.
Louisa Hesse
Chief of Staff
The versatile Chief of Staff at Changeblock. In her pivotal role, she provides unwavering support to the CEO and Executive Committee across various critical functions. Louisa expertly manages meetings, travel arrangements, and email communications while ensuring smooth data flow through the company's information management system. Her financial acumen shines as she oversees new investments, guiding the company toward sound decisions.
Emma Woonton
Environmental Analyst
Emma is a passionate Environmental Analyst working with the buy side to grow their business, including analysis on ESG exposure. Emma is a First-Class Geography graduate, who at Changeblock focuses on client engagement, environmental project management and upholds robust sustainability market analysis.
Anna Brown
Environmental Analyst
Anna Brown is a dedicated Environmental Analyst with a strong background in the sustainability sector. Previous work producing sustainability reports for investor proxy voting, utilizing integrated ESG and Climate Change guideline grading systems. She is a First-Class Geography graduate with her academic and business capabilities evident in her co-authorship of a published academic research article.
Julian Macielinksi
Head of Strategy and Change
25+ years of experience in the financial services industry, at tier 1 banks, consultancies and software providers; in both business and IT. Worked at C-level and held startup board positions. Expert in strategy, strategic change management and staff development.
John Kanakis
Director
John Kanakis is a serial entrepreneur turned venture capitalist, boasting nearly two decades of private and public company expertise. His primary areas of focus include business development, M&A, corporate structuring, and fundraising. Impressively, he has secured nearly $200 million in funding across multiple ventures, resulting in a combined portfolio valuation that neared the $1 billion mark in 2021.
Advisors & Co-Founders
John Palmisano
Co-Founder
Co-Founder of Changeblock, John Palmisano is a carbon markets pioneer and policy expert, with decades of experience advising global institutions, including the EPA and UN, on environmental trading, sustainability, and climate finance.
Baroness Natalie Evans
Advisor
Baroness Evans of Bowes Park is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. Natalie was Leader of the House of Lords and a member of the UK Government's Cabinet between 2016 and 2022.